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Light up the Night Weekend

December 13
05:00 PM – 08:00 PM

Join us at Lodge at Mountaineer Square for some holiday cheer. S'more stations start at 5 pm and the lighting of the tree happens at 5:30 pm. Then stick around for photos with Santa.

Light up the Night Weekend Continues

December 14
05:00 PM – 08:30 PM

Light up the night weekend continues in town.There will be a holiday performance from the Crested Butte Mountain Theater and the Crested Butte School of Dance. There will be cookie decorating at the West End and the parade will start at 5 pm and culminate with the lighting of the tree.

Santa's Ski Crawl

December 14
09:00 AM – 04:00 PM

Crested Butte Mountain Resort is sponsoring a Santa Ski Crawl in hopes of setting the World Records for the most number of skiers in full Santa costumes. Participants need to be decked out in a full Santa suit in order to participate and CBMR will be offering $20 discounted lift tickets in the Transit Center. Event Pub Crawl tickets are $25 and include a Santa suit. More information go to cbsantacrawl.com

Full Moon Party

December 17
12:00 AM

Start the Full Moon Winter Season off right and join us on Tuesday, December 17th for a Full Moon Party at the Ice Bar at Uley’s Cabin from 5pm-8pm! Don’t have an uphill set up? No problem! Just stop by the Rental and Demo Center in the Treasury building beforehand to rent a pair of snowshoes or a full Scarpa ski and skin set up. Tickets are $20 and include a donation to KBUT (the local non-profit radio station), warm bowl of chili, fresh bread, cold beer or hot beverage, s’...

Rock on Ice Returns

December 17 – 21
12:00 AM

The Rock on Ice team returns to Mt. Crested Butte for an ice carving festival in celebration of the holiday season. Be amazed as two of the world’s most renowned carvers create larger than life sized sculptures of animals, holiday characters and other iconic figures out of blocks of ice. The event will feature daily ice carving demonstrations, including interactive sculptures perfect for family photos, and a dazzling ice sculpture garden in the Courtyard at Mountaineer Square.

CB Film Fest presents Into the Mind

December 19
06:30 PM – 09:30 PM

The Crested Butte Film Festival brings movies to the Center through its Monthly Film Series. This month they present Into the Mind from Sherpa's Cinema. This is a story of rising to the ultimate challenge. Having the courage to risk fatal exposure and the perseverance demanded on the quest for achievement. These are not solely physical feats, they are mental conquests. With stunning cinematography and groundbreaking storytelling techniques, the Sherpa's blur the lines between dream st...

Center for the Arts presents Blackalicious

December 21
09:00 PM – 11:00 PM

In a hip-hop career that has stretched past a decade, Blackalicious has earned respect the old-fashioned way–rising through honesty, commitment, and artistry. Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab’s often “tongue-twisting”, multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel’s “classic” beats. Like a few...

Scarpa Demo Day

December 21
09:00 AM – 04:00 PM

Demo the newest and top of the line Scarpa ski gear.

Gingerbread Competition

December 21 – 28
12:00 AM

The Mt. Crested Butte Town Center Association will once again host the annual Gingerbread House Competition. Make your best edible gingerbread house creation by December 20 to win great prizes. There are kids, adults, and professional categories. More information can be found at www.skicb./ginger.

Torchlight and Santa's Sleighride

December 24
04:00 PM – 08:30 PM

Watch Santa come down the mountain on a sleigh pulled by a snowcat. Ho Ho Ho! Get in the holiday spirit as he hands out candy canes to all the good little girls and boys. Then stay to watch the Crested Butte Ski and Ride School perform their famous torchlight parade down the front side of the mountain.

Center for the Arts presents Delta Saints

December 30
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Center for the Arts presents Delta Saints. Their bayou rock, a dirty, distinct sound they’ve zealously refined on their debut full-length, Death Letter Jubilee. Alternating between raucous melodies and slow-burning odes to the devil in his many forms, Ben Ringel (vocals/dobro), Dylan Fitch (guitar), David Supica (bass), and Ben Azzi (drums) explore themes of difficult love, the wanderer’s high road, and the moral low road using their unconscious fascination with the classical el...

Unraveling Visual Art

December 31
03:30 PM – 06:00 PM

UNRAVELING VISUAL ART is a guided tour through Crested Butte ArtWalk, Art Mediums and the World of the Visual. Have questions about what you are viewing when walking into an art gallery? Lack the background knowledge to answer them? This class is for you! Join instructor Suzanne Pierson in this unique "art appreciation" class and tour where participants have the opportunity to learn about various art techniques, mediums, styles and approaches in order to gain a better understanding of w...

Center for the Arts presents the Shook Twins

January 02
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Shook twins are an Indie folk-pop band now hailing from coniferous forested Portland, Oregon. Identical twins, Katelyn and Laurie Shook, Kyle Volkman and Niko Daoussis form the core quartet.Central elements of the Shook Twins’ sound are a wide range of instrumentation, including banjo, guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, electric guitar, electronic drums, face drum (beatbox), glockenspiel, ukulele, banjo drumming and their signature golden EGG. Beautiful twin harmonies, layer...

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

January 03 – 04
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join local professional photographer, Raynor Czerwinski, on a cross country ski tour out to the historic town of Gothic and stay the night in the Luxurious Maroon hut. Spend the evening photographing the sunset over the historic buildings as well as the dramatic mountainous scenery. After dinner, return outside to a nighttime winter wonderland to photograph night sky. The Maroon Hut Has raised the bar for backcountry living with a ground source heat pump for heating and hot water, electricit...

Center for the Arts presents Willy Porter with Carmen Nickerson

January 10
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM

His music incorporates the flavors of New Orleans, Chicago and Boston as well as the styles of Paul McCartney, the Band, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. A serious and contemplative writer, he has also made it a goal to keep his sense of humor, an attribute he believes we should work hard to maintain. He looks at current events and economic situations, questions of faith, judgment and the spiritual aspects of life and explores the phenomenon of our modern day heroes and the elegant simplicity of fr...

USASA Rail Jam and Slopestyle

January 11 – 12
12:00 AM

USA Snowboard and Freeskiing Association will stop in Crested Butte once again this year for Rail Jam and Slopestyle competitions.

CB Film Fest Presents Crash Reel

January 16
06:30 PM – 08:30 PM

The Crested Butte Film Festival brings movies to the Center through its Monthly Film Series. This month they presents Crash World, a film that seamlessly combines twenty years of stunning action footage with new specially-shot verité footage and interviews as it follows U.S. champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce and exposes the irresistible but potentially fatal appeal of extreme sports. Doors open at 6:30 Tickets are $10

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

January 16
12:00 AM

Snowshoe by the light of the full moon this winter. CBMR features moonlight snowshoe tours four times a year, on the night of the full moon on December 17, January 16, February 14, and March 16. Catch a ride on a snowcat to the top of CBMR's Red Lady Express chairlift and snowshoe the moonlight mountain trails back to the base area. Pricing: $85 per a person for moonlight tours (prices subject to change). For information and reservations contacted Crested Butte Vacations at ...

Songwriter's Festival

January 16 – 19
12:00 AM

The Crested Butte Songwriters Festival raises money for cancer research and enchants country music fans, by revealing the faces and stories behind today's country hits. Teaming up with BMI Productions out of Nashville, Tennessee, the Crested Butte Songwriter's Festival brings in some of country music's top songwriters, such as Dean Dillion who has written over 60 songs from George Strait, Robert Earl Keen, Rodney Clawson, Wendell Mobley, and Colin Lake to name a few. Three days of intimate mus...

Roost the Butte

January 17 – 19
12:00 AM

The 2nd Annual Roost the Butte will consist 4 snowmobile events: snowcross, hillcross, snowovals and hill drag. Contestants will vie for a chance at the prize money and bragging rights. Watch from the terrain park or bottom of Gold Link lift as snowmobilers fly around the course for their chance to win.

28th Annual Alley Loop Marathon

February 01
12:00 AM

The Alley Loop, a signature Crested Butte race and costume party, returns with a chance for all ages and abilities to Nordic ski downtown Crested Butte, through alleys, over bridges and by charming downtown homes. As part of the Ski Marathon Series and an American Birkebeiner qualifying race, more challenging loops traverse through the groomed outskirts of Crested Butte. 5k-full marathon races in both classic and skate skiing. Music, food, and drinks abound with the beer garden at the finish...

IFSA Junior Freeskiing Competitions

February 01 – 02
12:00 AM

The International Free Skiers Association was established in 1996 by freeskiing pioneer Shane McConkey. The Junior Big Mountain Freeskiing and Snowboarding system is comprised of regional events, national events, and one rotating North American Championship. The IFSA is responsible for sanctioning, insurance, protocol, and direction. Crested Butte Mountain Resort will host a Regional Event Feb 1-2 and the National Championships March 7 – 9, where 75-100 junior competitors will...

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

February 03 – 04
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join local professional photographer, Raynor Czerwinski, on a cross country ski tour out to the historic town of Gothic and stay the night in the Luxurious Maroon hut.Spend the evening photographing the sunset over the historic buildings as well as the dramatic mountainous scenery. After dinner, return outside to a nighttime winter wonderland to photograph night sky.The Maroon Hut Has raised the bar for backcountry living with a ground source heat pump for heating and hot water, electricity, ...

Freesking Extremes

February 13 – 16
12:00 AM

The Subaru Freeride Series is the 4-star big mountain Freeskiing series which acts as the North American qualifier for the Swatch Freeride World Tour by the North Face. Events that are part of the Subaru Freeride Series are hence, Freeride World Qualifier Events. The best three results from the FWQ Events establish future rank in the Freeride World Tour. While the tour is produced by MSI (Mountain Sports International), we are using our trademarked namesake event to participate in the series. P...

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

February 14
All Day – 12:00 AM

Snowshoe by the light of the full moon this winter. CBMR features moonlight snowshoe tours four times a year, on the night of the full moon on December 17, January 16, February 14, and March 16. Catch a ride on a snowcat to the top of CBMR's Red Lady Express chairlift and snowshoe the moonlight mountain trails back to the base area. Pricing: $75 per a person for moonlight tours (prices subject to change). For information and reservations contacted Crested Butte Vacations at ...

Twister of Love Speed Dating

February 15
01:00 PM – 04:00 PM

Speed dating on skis and snowboards! Join us at the Twister lift for a fun day of skiing and who knows, you may even meet the person of your dreams on a lift ride. Costumes are highly encouraged.

Prater Cup

February 20 – 23
12:00 AM

Crested Butte’s marquee annual race will bring 250 of Colorado’s top 12 and 13 year racers to Crested Butte. The Dan Prater Memorial Cup is in its 34th year and is sure to be blast for competitors and fans alike. Look for some high speed skiing and tons of fun as these athlete’s look to qualify for the U14 Junior Championships as well as beating out their competitors in the annual Nations Cup team event. Racers from different teams are placed together to form new “nat...

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

March 01 – 02
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join local professional photographer, Raynor Czerwinski, on a cross country ski tour out to the historic town of Gothic and stay the night in the Luxurious Maroon hut. Spend the evening photographing the sunset over the historic buildings as well as the dramatic mountainous scenery. After dinner, return outside to a nighttime winter wonderland to photograph night sky. The Maroon Hut Has raised the bar for backcountry living with a ground source heat pump for heating and hot water, electricity,...

7 Hours of the Banana

March 02
12:00 AM

7 Hours of the Banana is a ski race where competitors will ski or ride nonstop laps down Twister to raise money for the Adaptive Sports Center and the Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation. In past seasons, top racers completed 50 laps on Twister, while others take it more leisurely and enjoy a great day on the mountain.

Mardi Gras

March 04
05:30 PM – 07:00 PM

Watch the spectacle on Elk Avenue in downtown Crested Butte at 5:30pm or join in on the festivities! KBUT is presenting the annual Fat Tuesday parade and this celebration is always a wild party in true Buttian style. Whether you want to view the action from the sidelines of Elk, or participate with your Krewe in your own float, this is an classic CB event that you won't want to miss.

Big Air on Elk

March 08
05:00 PM – 09:00 PM

The main street of downtown Crested Butte is transformed into a giant huck fest with Colorado Freeskier's annual event. After a huge kicker is built on Elk Avenue, skiers and riders are pulled to speed by the snowmobile and compete to impress with big air, tricks and the not so rare wipeout. The event then transforms into a night of festivities with live music and parties at local establishments through town.

USSMA Nationals

March 14 – 16
12:00 AM

The Ski Mountaineering National Championship race brings athletes from across North America to compete in an uphill, guide ridge climb and downhill ski race. This race offers quite the spectacle with the mountaineers climbing the guide ridge up Mt. Crested Butte

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

March 16
All Day

Snowshoe by the light of the full moon this winter. CBMR features moonlight snowshoe tours four times a year, on the night of the full moon on December 17, January 16, February 14, and March 16. Catch a ride on a snowcat to the top of CBMR's Red Lady Express chairlift and snowshoe the moonlight mountain trails back to the base area. Pricing: $85 per a person for moonlight tours (prices subject to change). For information and reservations contacted Crested Butte Vacations at ...

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

March 16 – 17
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join local professional photographer, Raynor Czerwinski, on a cross country ski tour out to the historic town of Gothic and stay the night in the Luxurious Maroon hut. Spend the evening photographing the sunset over the historic buildings as well as the dramatic mountainous scenery. After dinner, return outside to a nighttime winter wonderland to photograph night sky. The Maroon Hut Has raised the bar for backcountry living with a ground source heat pump for heating and hot water, electricity,...

FestEVOL

March 22
12:00 AM

FestEVOL is a unique lifestyle experience combining mountain sports, live music (band TBA), innovative natural brands and a sustainably focused "eco village" to help keep the event green. This year FestEVOL will take place March 22 in the base area of the ski resort

The Al Johnson Telemark Race

March 23
12:00 AM

This Colorado costume even is as much fun to watch as it is to participate. In tribute a rugged 19th century mailman, competitors in wacky costumes climb 660 vertical feet, then descend 1200 feet down double-black diamond steeps some having never telemarked at all! Prizes for best times, best costumes, and best fall. The race can be tag-team or individual, or enjoyed as a spectator with access to the venue by an intermediate run.

The Grand Traverse

March 28 – 29
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM

This extraordinary 40-mile backcountry ski race between the towns of Crested butte and Aspen, CO is a fundraiser for the CB Nordic Council. Coinciding with the Grand Traverse, Crested Butte Ski Patrol hosts a fundraising part called "Soul Train" at Butte 66. Watch the Grand Traverse athletes take off from the Butte 66 deck around 11 pm.

2nd Annual Silver Queen Pageant

March 30
12:00 AM

Enter the fun to WIN A PEAK PASS for next season or come watch the hilarious competitions then stay for Ladies Nigh After Party from 6-8 pm with two for one drinks and a DJ! As in traditional pageant protocol, prospective candidates must complete various competitions to establish themselves as the most worthy. Yet in traditional Crested Butte style, there is a unique twist involved!

Slush Huck/Pond Skim

April 05
12:00 AM

The end of ski season is another excuse to celebrate, dress up in silly costumes and have wacky events, like the Slush Huck where contestants skim across water on their skis and snowboards. Get in your last turns of the season and go out with a bang!

The Ultimate Snowmobile Event

April 10 – 13
All Day

The inaugural 8-event snowmobile contest will crown the Ultimate Snowmobiler. Produced by 357 Productions, the Ultimate Snowmobile Event will draw contestants and spectators to the base area after the resort closes for the ski season.

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Light up the Night Weekend

Light up the Night Weekend Continues

Santa's Ski Crawl

Full Moon Party

Rock on Ice Returns

CB Film Fest presents Into the Mind

Center for the Arts presents Blackalicious

Scarpa Demo Day

Gingerbread Competition

Torchlight and Santa's Sleighride

Center for the Arts presents Delta Saints

Unraveling Visual Art

Center for the Arts presents the Shook Twins

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

Center for the Arts presents Willy Porter with Carmen Nickerson

USASA Rail Jam and Slopestyle

CB Film Fest Presents Crash Reel

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

Songwriter's Festival

Roost the Butte

28th Annual Alley Loop Marathon

IFSA Junior Freeskiing Competitions

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

Freesking Extremes

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

Twister of Love Speed Dating

Prater Cup

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

7 Hours of the Banana

Mardi Gras

Big Air on Elk

USSMA Nationals

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

FestEVOL

The Al Johnson Telemark Race

The Grand Traverse

2nd Annual Silver Queen Pageant

Slush Huck/Pond Skim

The Ultimate Snowmobile Event